The 2012 CTSI Retreat was the first to be live-tweeted, under the #CTSI2012 hashtag. Fourteen people tweeted 144 original tweets. This year’s participants mostly repeated interesting points from speakers; perhaps we’ll see more original commentary or conversation in coming years, as familiarity with the medium increases.
Here’s a mildly-curated overview of the event, in tweets. (Consider browsing the whole thing—my favorite part was the very last panel.)
>> The event begins
Introduction by Clay Johnston
250+ people from the #UCSF community on hand for today's CTSI retreat. Welcome! #CTSI2012 @CTSIatUCSF
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
http://twitter.com/PRSatCTSI/statuses/228212804543467520
Clay shares his injury origins #ctsi2012
— Eric Mah (@eric_mah) July 25, 2012
Mini Kahlon reiterates that partnership yields impact! Great to hear especially regarding #sfhip #CTSI2012
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
@CTSIatUCSF director Clay Johnston: key word "Sustainability" #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Clay Johnston talks about 3 major changes — driven by technology, population shifts, and lifestyle changes. #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
CTSI charged with innovation, estimating 15 to 30% reduction in 4 years. NIH funding not guaranteed. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
CTSI at UCSF wants half of funding from non-NIH. Already at 45% #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
@anirvan So it will be even more important to assess how well we're doing to meet the needs of the research community. #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Johnston: How to balance needs of investigators, while meeting reporting needs? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Johnston: who benefits from our work? Of those who can support it? Can we better meet these customer needs? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Key point- serving our core better while staying true to our mission "@CTSIatUCSF director Clay Johnston: on "Sustainability" #CTSI2012"
— K Scholars at UCSF (@KScholarsatCTSI) July 25, 2012
>> “Business Transformations” panel discussion
Panelists: Jonathan Schwartz, Victoria Hale, in conversation with Clay Johnston
■ Panelist 1: Jonathan Swartz
Jonathan Swartz (@openjonathan) from Sun and CareZone takes the stage #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
The most productivity comes with motivated people. – Jonathan Schwartz @OpenJonathan #CareZone #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Swartz: in praise of working with smart people, for personal sustainability #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Swartz: There's a fine line between helpful and controlling #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
. @OpenJonathan: raising money for startup has been challenging. Public markets much more transparent in many ways. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Swartz pitches CareZone. Sounds interesting. Feels a little like LotsaHelpingHands. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Swartz: Wanted to solve drug regimen adherence problem, but couldn't figure out how to wrap a business around it #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Jonathan Schwartz started CareZone in response to needs to track and access your care documents from anywhere. #CTSI2012
— CRS at CTSI (@CRSatCTSI) July 25, 2012
Swartz: References how class can substantially shape product decisions #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
@OpenJonathan on going back to the people who have the problem you want to solve. #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Swartz: When you make your customers happier they pay you more #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
We need to think about new ways to engage researchers and students. #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Swartz: Your customers are happier just to be asked their opinions. Clay agrees. #CTSI2012 <- good idea
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
@OpenJonathan on going back to the people who have the problem you want to solve. #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
http://twitter.com/PRSatCTSI/statuses/228225597430722560
How do you maintain your mission? #CTSI2012 retreat
— UCSF Catalyst (@UCSF_Catalyst) July 25, 2012
Good to keep in mind. Revenue generation is not our mission. @OpenJonathan #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Swartz: Revenue generation is not CTSI's mission. Can be short term thinking. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
#ctsi2012 revenue generation is not the mission – important comment from Jonathan Schwartz
— Gretchen Kiser (@desertg) July 25, 2012
Swartz: Ruffling feathers is good, but with hard lines, eg no drug ads on UCSF websites #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
What do our customers want to become? #CTSI2012
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
"Change is an ingredient in life, so we've gotta take advantage of it." ~Jonathan Schwartz, CEO & Co-founder of Carezone #CTSI2012
— laura kwong (@laur_k) July 25, 2012
■ Panelist 2: Victoria Hale
Victoria Hale of OneWorld: Walking the line between for and nonprofit models, #CTSI2012 #socialenterprise
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Hale: models are critical. Swartz: biz models need to be centralized, but ideas from all over #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Victoria Hale: Who's voice should be heard? #CTSI2012 retreat
— UCSF Catalyst (@UCSF_Catalyst) July 25, 2012
Victoria Hale encourages us not to settle for obvious ground, but create a middle space to push our vision. #CTSI2012
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
Learning from Victoria Hale about risks that come with non-profits start acting like for-profits. #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Hale: How can nonprofits attract the best people? Legal regimes can restrict options. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
As recommended by Victoria Hale. #CTSI2012 http://t.co/88Suqu5e
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
Victoria Hale, CEO Medicines360 creates and values partnershipes with providers. #CTSI2012
— CRS at CTSI (@CRSatCTSI) July 25, 2012
Hale: Do you achieve the most impact by selling, giving away, or something in between? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Hale: Warns of mission drift, following the money instead of laser sharp focus. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
How good is bigger? Partnership as a solution for mission creep, expand resources and build trust. Victoria Hale is my hero. #CTSI2012
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
Victoria Hale, CEO #Medicines360 believes a mission driven strategy is key to securing funding. #CTSI2012
— CRS at CTSI (@CRSatCTSI) July 25, 2012
Data. Feedback from customers. Stay true to mission. Wise words from Medicines360 CEO Hale & Carezone CEO Schwartz @CTSIatUCSF #CTSI2012
— K Scholars at UCSF (@KScholarsatCTSI) July 25, 2012
>> Leveraging the UC Network
Speaker: Rachael Sak, with Clay Johnston
Rachael Sak reviewing the value of UC BRAID linking all five UC medical campuses @CTSIatUCSF #CTSI2012 Learn more: http://t.co/udzHFJlp
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Johnston: Of 5 UC biomedical campuses, UCSF uses Profiles, 3 others interested, 1 not sure #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
>> Discussing ideas for new initiatives
Breakout sessions by Leslie Yuan. Discussion by June Lee, Sally Mead, Bill Balke, Mark Pletcher, Elizabeth Boyd, Ralph Gonzales, moderated by Kevin Grumbach
■ Breakout sessions, and voting for the top idea
Finished our table's ideation exercise, after lots of excited discussion #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
http://twitter.com/PRSatCTSI/statuses/228248229081391105
Panel has picked 6 of the top 20 ideas for CTSI initiatives… #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
@CTSIatUCSF All-star panel reviewing and commenting on innovative ideas from CTSI retreat audience #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Kevin Grumbach moderates the new ideas panel. #CTSI2012
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
IDEA: Connecting personal technologies with SF Bay HIP #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
IDEA: Tailor programs for "balanced surgeons" #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
IDEA: Create nonprofit to support Early Translational Research by bringing together stakeholders #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
IDEA: Expand online education offerings for a wider audience, potentially global #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
IDEA: Add public health researchers in SF to UCSF Profiles, to support joint research #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
IDEA: Use Electronic Medical Record system to support a variety of research purposes #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Exciting! The Poll Everywhere survey bars keep moving #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
…and the EMR idea wins, with 34% of the votes #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
■ Discussion of the top 3 ideas
Ouch. "Charging for it will hurt translation." The hard truth? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Basically, financial sustainability is complex. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
"Linking EMRs to research will be necessary to be competitive" #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
"Why would anyone fund us to do something, when Sutter has a million more patients?" #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Bill Balke on SF Bay HIP and personal tech: proven to work, savings are astronomical, tens of thousands per patient per year #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Conversation re linking http://t.co/PGzEMTN8 with personal technologies to achieve improvements in health…and save $ @CTSIatUCSF #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Ida Sim breaks out a pitch for looking at personal technologies, but doing so w/tech mgmt principles #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Balke: Partners will pay if we can test and scale #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Community and industry partners have important role in work of @CTSIatUCSF #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
June Lee on connecting surgeons and device development: would be of great value #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Grumbach makes me laugh. More please. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
New heart surgeon: idea is to develop research methodology for surgical clinical trial. Funding frm Pediatric Heart Network? NIH? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
ETR idea: build nonprofit academic + industry partnership, with support from patient community. Inspired by Hale's ideas. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
June Lee: industry increasingly coming to academia for early research #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Why start a for profit? Two for profits act on the same level, and can negotiate and do business better. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
A for-profit company under ETR @UCSF? What do you think? #CTSI2012 retreat.
— UCSF Catalyst (@UCSF_Catalyst) July 25, 2012
>> Message from UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellman
Message from Susan Desmond-Hellman, in conversation with Clay Johnston
Video message from UCSF Chancellor: "CTSI is capable of asking questions on a bigger picture level." @CTSIatUCSF #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Message from @UCSFChancellor: canned video greeting, interview more interesting: @CTSIatUCSF useful for asking meta questions #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Says @UCSFChancellor: @CTSIatUCSF can thrive by removing silo between clinical care research. We want a seamless combo, eg via EMR #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Chancellor encourages us to break silos and get to seamlessness between healthcare delivery and clinical research. #CTSI2012
— Jimmy Swear (@jimmyswearsf) July 25, 2012
>> Feedback from UCSF deans
David Vlahov, Sam Hawgood, B. Joseph Guglielmo
Says David Vlahov from School of Nursing: @CTSIatUCSF helps with networking, training, mobile/digital health #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Sam Hawgood from School of Medicine: given tight resources, enhancing and translating core research important. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Sam Hawgood from School of Medicine: need to master portfolio to ensure sustainability #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Dean of pharmacy: more to be done in basic research, eg connecting to T1 work #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
>> “Disruptive Innovation in Translational Research” panel
Participants: Jeff Bluestone, Catherine Lucey, Deborah Grady, Mini Kahlon
Kahlon modertes Discussion of "opinionated people" #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Disruptive innovation: Jeff Bluestone says the lab of the future is the ecosystem we live in. #CTSI2012 @CTSIatUCSF
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Jeff Bluestone: Before, all you needed was a bench, a desk, and you could invent recombinant DNA #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Deborah Grady: Next stage of clinical research? Computing is key. Intel: half of clinical care in home by 2020 via lots of tech #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Deborah Grady: Sage Bionetworks lets users share DNA for any kind of clinical research. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Disruptive innovation: Deborah Grady on the future of clinical research…references Intel's innovative work in China #CTSI2012 @CTSIatUCSF
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Deborah Grady: Mytris (?) Allows for "clinical trials without walls". 3 trials complete with this method. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Jeff Bluestone: refers to UCSF as flea market on a bad day, farmers market on good. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Need to bring Moore's law to medicine, leveraging technology is key #ctsi2012
— Eric Meeks (@eric_meeks) July 25, 2012
Jeff Bluestone: UCSF loose + uncurated like market. But we need more services, value add, collaboration opportunities for research #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Disruptive innovation: Catherine Lucey says we need to add a commitment to implementation science. @CTSIatUCSF #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 25, 2012
Lucey: Need to bridge disconnect between what we know and reaching those that need the care #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Jeff Bluestone: In 2000, we thought genome would be transformational. But folks realized that just sequencing genomees not enough #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Grady: If you need 100k people in trial then immediate benefit could be low. More data not way more helpful. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Lucey: HIV went from fatal to chronic disease by combining all different kinds of science working together simultaneously. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Lucey: No longer a linear process to impoverished health. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Bluestone wants to create structure to break down institutional barriers. 200 people could be enough. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
King: Worried that simply doing more stuff may not be key to sustainability. Discussion not hitting the heart of the matter? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
King: Praises what CTSI has done. How will this be paid for? Johnston responds… #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Johnston discusses strategy of taking on key jobs, and handing over as needed. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Best description of the day: “CTSI is an enzyme!” (from audience member) #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Bluestone: The sign of a good catalyst is that it moves from one reaction to the next. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Agreed, great comment from Jeff Bluestone: The sign of a good catalyst is that it moves from one reaction to the next. @anirvan #CTSI2012
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 26, 2012
Bluestone: Need to create “enzymatic reaction,” create essential changes to fabric of institution, so inst. wants to keep it alive #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Johnston: @CTSIatUCSF has value as independent institution, but need to be flexible #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
It’s 4:47 PM, and the conversation’s just getting good.
#CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Audience member asks if we can improve proposals, using feedback from folks, e.g. using Profiles #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Jeff Bluestone talks up http://t.co/tWFRKibt #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Bluestone wonders if we can create open proposal type system to check/improve R01 proposals. Pilot idea? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Question; How to get researchers to trust each other to share proposal ideas openly? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Kahlon mentions library of successful proposals on CTSI website as example of trust. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
Grady: How can we show that collaboration makes the pie bigger? #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
>> Wrapping up…
Phew! Fingers tired from frenetic tweeting. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 25, 2012
…and we’re done. Thanks, everyone, for a great @CTSIatUCSF retreat. See everyone next year. #CTSI2012
— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 26, 2012
We look forward to partnering with #UCSF groups to realize some of the ideas we discussed today. #CTSI2012 retreat
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 26, 2012
Thanks, everyone, for sharing what you learned or found interesting at the #CTSI2012 retreat.
— CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) July 26, 2012
BioMed 2.0 
Thanks for posting this overview, Anirvan. I agree with your assessment that it was more of a summary of the event/various monologues as opposed to a conversation (6% retweets & 94% tweets).
Using http://archivist.visitmix.com/, however, I found that 167 tweets were sent out using #CTSI2012. What tool did you use to assess the Twitter activity around the hashtag #CTSI2012?
Also interesting, the top 5 tweet sources were TweetCaster for Android (41%), Hootsuite (16%), Tweetbot for iOS (12%), mobile web (9%), and Twitter for iPhone (8%).